Giorgio Ferroni
Born: 1908-04-12 in Perugia, Umbria, Italy
Died: 1981-08-17
Known For: Directing
Biography
Giorgio Ferroni (12 April 1908 – 17 August 1981) was an Italian film director. Giorgio Ferroni was born in Perugia on 12 April 1908. Ferroni began his career in film with short documentaries during World War II. He directed his first dramatic film The Thrill of the Skies in 1939. At the time of filming The Night of the Devils, Ferroni was almost completely deaf and had to direct the film with the help of a hearing aid. Following the release of the film, a new project titled E i mostri uscirono dalle loro tane (transl. And the Monsters Came Out of Their Lair). Ferroni only helmed one more film with the comedy Antonio e Placido: attenti ragazzi...chi rompe paga which he is credited as Calvin Jackson Padget, a name he used for directing Westerns in the 1960s.
Filmography
1975
- Who Breaks... Pays ... (Director)
1972
- The Night of the Devils ... (Director)
1971
- Long Live Robin Hood ... (Director)
1969
- The Battle of El Alamein ... (Creator)
1968
- Gunman Sent by God ... (Director)
1967
- Wanted ... (Director)
1966
- Secret Agent Super Dragon ... (Director)
- Fort Yuma Gold ... (Director)
1965
- Blood for a Silver Dollar ... (Director)
1964
- Thunder of Battle ... (Director)
- Hero of Rome ... (Director)
- The Lion of Thebes ... (Director)
1963
- The Conquest of Mycenae ... (Director)
1962
- Carmen di Trastevere ... (Second Unit Director)
1961
- The Trojan Horse ... (Director)
- The Bacchantes ... (Director)
1960
- Mill of the Stone Women ... (Director)
1957
- L'oceano ci Chiama ... (Co-Director)
1956
- White Vertigo ... (Director)
1955
- Four of the Thundering Jet ... (Story)
1954
- At the edge of the city ... (Director)
1953
- Confidenze di un gatto ... (Director)
- Parliamentary inquiry on extreme poverty ... (Director)
1952
- La scuola dei grandi ... (Director)
1950
- Vivere a sbafo ... (Director)
1949
- Marechiaro ... (Director)
1947
- Tombolo, paradiso nero ... (Director)
1946
- Pian delle stelle ... (Director)
- Senza famiglia ... (Director)
1945
- Casello n. 3 ... (Director)
1944
- Macario Against Zagomar ... (Director)
1942
- Il fanciullo del West ... (Director)
- All'aria aperta ... (Director)
1940
- The Thrill of the Skies ... (Director)
1939
- Land of Fire ... (Director)
- Espana una, grande, libre! ... (Director)
1937
- Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal ... (First Assistant Director)